New Victor Racquet - The Meteor X80 ( MX80 )

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  1. TheNotoriousLIG

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    I'm not sure if your being sarcastic or serious but I have already acknowledged my mistake and will be trying to avoid making it again in the future.

     
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    I would take it merely as having some fun. This site has a habit of becoming too serious and sometimes it's nice to have a little light humour.

    I recall somebody having alight-hearted pop at me a while back. It's not aggressive, mean stuff so please don't take offence.

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    I'm well aware of that Paul. :) I have been part of this site for over 2 years and followed it for a while before that and I enjoy the banter that is often found on here :D But conversely if someone is just being rude for the sake of being rude, I have a definite character flaw of checking and nipping it in the bud before it escalates out of control and ruins threads like I see so much on other forums. I hope that makes some kind of sense?

     
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    is mx80 good on placing the shuttle? specially for drop shots?
     
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    A stiff shaft should give you all the control required to make good drop shots (and nicely placed shots). It's a bit head heavy, so might not be as fast as you want for net shots, but I personally don't find that a problem.
     
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    The frame is strong and the shaft stiff, so it won't go floppy when you have to aim the shuttle. However, the head weight made it a bit wild on the defence, for me.

    When you've got time to place it, it's perfectly fine.
     
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    It's great for driving defence to the back. I don't find it a slow racket, and you can still get back shots in fast drive rallies or defensive rallies. The one shot per match that you might've got back with a BS10 is worth the extra power you get in attack and drives.
    That said, my defensive speed is above average, so I don't need the extra speed of a head-light racket.
     
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    is mx80 a durable racket?? or it is like bs12?? because i've been reading and I found many says that bs12 is that very durable
     
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    Lol... BS12 durable? The sharp edge frame will chip if you even look at it funny. :p

    I kid of course, but seriously MX series has a thicker frame than BS, so guess which one is more durable and is able to withstand clashes better?
     
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    Maybe the BS12 is durable because it cuts through opposing rackets like butter?
    I've heard Gordon Ramsey recently switched to the BS12 as his favoured onion-cutter.
     
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    then mx80 is much more durable..
     
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    I don't find it wild in defence anymore tbh. In the first 1-2 hours of starting to use it again after so long there were definitely issues with defence and generating any kind of power but with small adjustments to my technique and movement it actually became very easy to manipulate the racquet for carefully placed smash returns.

    Definitely agree with the time statement though. You have to be able to move very quickly to give yourself the time to make a good net shot or drop shot but if you can make the time, those shots will be quite exceptional. When I don't have time, it can be very frustrating to use especially with recoveries or net shots taken low. I often have a problem with getting the power from a very short swing to push the shuttle high and far, and my net shots often hit the tape of the net respectively but I'm still getting used to the MX80 again after using the carlton VTE and before that the vt80 for such a long time so my opinion may change however this is just my opinion atm and you may have a different experience.
     
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    mx80 has more durable frame than bs12.for me,mx80 is easy to play with cmpard to my rip bs09:).yup,the head is nt as heavy as my vtzf n vtzf ltd.still able to push fast drive n defend feels easy.the shaft stiff helps to gv cntrol n power at the same time.n the paint work is nice cmpard to my bs12 whch easily get paintchp:)
     
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    Paint for bs12 is not durable but I think most of the victor are durable in terms of clashing wth other racket.
     
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    agree with u on ths matter bro
     
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    Thanks for the like! Hahah I used both of the racket before too
     
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    do u still using it bro?n wats ur bs12specs?mine is 4u.atm im only using bs12 n mx80 for victor brand as my weapons:)
     
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    I am using 3u bs12 currently, in my bag still got another mx jjs :) mx 80 I sold it already
     
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    Can u make a comparison between mx80 n mxjjs?
     
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    Can feel is less stiff otherwise, not really big differences only.
     

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